Bahamian Communications, Bahamas Communications
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Telephones - main lines in use: 131,700 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 121,800 (2002)
Telephone system: General assessment: modern facilities domestic: totally automatic system; highly developed international: country code - 1-242; tropospheric scatter and submarine cable to Florida; 3 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (1997)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2004)
Television broadcast stations: 2 (2004)
Internet country code: .bs
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
Internet users: 84,000 (2003)
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The information here has been derived from Public Domain Sources such as the CIA World Factbook. No liability can be taken for any inaccuracies.
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Arawak Indians inhabited the islands when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492. British settlement of the islands began in 1647; the islands became a colony in 1783. Since attaining independence from the UK in ...